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You know, the photo-op’s great, but I’m sure the people would rather have the money. Photo: Corporal Pierre Thriault
Michael Petrou paints a fairly disturbing story of CIDA’s absolute incompetence in the face of human tragedy, today in Macleans Magazine.
As of the cutoff date, the 14 Canadian charities reporting donations to CIDA raised $154.4 million, of [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted 20 hours ago
Photo: Globe and Mail
People across Canada were understandably angry yesterday when former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer, caught speeding in Ontario last fall while under the influence and in possession of cocaine, was handed down a relatively lenient sentence of $500 by Judge Doug Maund. Immediate reaction ranged from disbelief, to accusations of Conservative influence peddling. [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted 1 day ago
Stay tuned for more information on the missing Liberal MP's. Names, photos, riding's will be made available shortly.The reason for the Amber Alert is the Budget Vote in Parliament.A potential lead, the Liberal Leader may be responsible for the missing Liberals. There appears to be some confusion who is the leader we included a photo of the two most likely to be in charge.
Canadiansense | more | posted 4 days ago
Today was a beautiful day in Vancouver, so I spent part of it outside enjoying the weather. That means I was a little late in dealing with this week’s Friday Photography. But please enjoy:
1. Untitled, Unknown Photographer
2. Sunset Flowers. Photographer: Dave K
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4. Clownfish in Green anemone. Photo site.
5. Untitled, Unknown Photographer
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Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted 5 days ago
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Joe Warmington paints a rather unpleasant portrait of the law of unintended consequences today in the Toronto Sun. Ontario’s cell phone law for drivers came into effect this past October, and became officially enforced on February 1. Other jurisdictions have implemented similar bans throughout the country, with British Columbia following suit recently as [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted 5 days ago
OMG! Another instance of plagiarism! Photo: Jeff Knapp, 2004
I find myself shaking my head more often than not these days, not just because of the many senseless things the Conservatives manage to do [like deciding to change the wording of the national anthem in an apparent display of political correctness on steroids], but because of [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted March 3rd
Man, the Ontario Liberals oughta watch what they place online via Facebook... like illegally placed signs, for example.Yes, those are in fact by-election signs for Stephen Mazurek, the Liberal candidate in tomorrow's by-election. You'll notice that the signs are sitting on MTO property, as that's the 1000 Islands Parkway over by Ganinoque. (I was at that exit just the other week) As regular
Christian Conservative | more | posted March 3rd
Photo: MP Helena Guergis is questioned by reporters, September 17, 2009. Pawel Dwulit / The Canadian Press.
This is too much, even for unabashed partisan Liberals, to handle. Are we now expected to go on Helena Guergis rage watch over one incident? It has been 11 days since the Minister for the Status of Women flew [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted March 2nd
Some videos are simply priceless. Take for example the CTV footage of Gretzky's bar in Toronto with a crowd of people cheering for Canada. It was no coincidence that Jack Layton had found himself a spot right in front of a camera. When the fans started cheering, an unfortunate young lady was in the unlucky position of cheering right in front of Jack's photo op. Right in plain sight, Jack grab
The Iceman | more | posted March 1st
CF-18 Hornet fighter jet over Vancouver, BC. Photo: Master Corporal Andrew Collins Combat Camera, Canadian Forces
Just because we can’t control our own spending, does not mean we should sacrifice our essential defence upgrades. If anything, like I wrote last night, we need to upgrade our spending to a minimum 2% of GDP from the current [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 28th
Photo: Geoff Meggs
On February 20, I wrote about the Dunsmuir Viaduct construction initiative by our “green” Mayor to build a new $300,000 bicycle lane on the Dunsmuir Viaduct that connects East Vancouver to the downtown core.
After the Olympics are finished, the city will remove the barriers keeping traffic from one of three west-bound lanes of [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 27th
Photo: Flickr
I wrote an article for the National Post yesterday, which was published in the print edition. I also wrote a blog entry built around the main points of that article, but was waiting for the original to be published first. For obvious reasons, most of the following could not be printed in the newspaper, [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 26th
Photo: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
So, just in case you missed it, Canada demolished the Russians last night 7-3 in Men’s Ice Hockey at the Olympic Games. Yes, those Olympic Games that I said I would ignore. Well, I’m still human after all, and perhaps more importantly, still Canadian. Trying to ignore the Men’s [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 25th
Plain clothed police move a Pakistan Taliban commander on Feb 17. Photo: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
Don’t look now, but half of the Afghan Taliban leadership has been caught in Pakistan. In the last week alone. This comes almost a year after members of the Obama administration were floating ideas about negotiation with the Taliban and a possible [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 25th
The US President is introducing a brand new proposal but Palin does not buy this one either. According to her, the debate being held today is a photo-op and nothing more
....The President can perfume this proposal however he wants, but it still doesn’t pass the smell test. Washington should listen to Americans now, or Washington will hear us in November. read the whole thing
Dodo Can Spell | more | posted February 25th
Photo Emerges Of Murderous Killer Whale At Tea Party Rally....
small dead animals | more | posted February 24th
Geert Wilders began to see a rise in his popularity after an Amsterdam appeals court decided to try him for anti-Muslim comments in January. Photo: EPA
It’s interesting to watch the panic occurring right now in the Netherlands, as the collapse of the government has put the spotlight on conservative-nationalist politician Geert Wilders and his Freedom [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 23rd
Ji Hye Kim, right, and her husband Brad Tripp, Feb. 23, 2010. Photo: Brett Gundlock/National Post
A 50-year-old judge is in court under a reversal of roles, facing charges of breach of trust under the Criminal Code, and for violations of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
The accused, Steven Ellis, was caught on videotape asking a [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 23rd
Photo: Handout
Ah yes, the good old insanity plea. It’s gotten more than a fair share of murderers out of a tight situation, hasn’t it? Ever since we started wondering about the “state of mind” of psychopaths, how many have been sent to the wards of psychiatry hospitals to wait out their days until they’re “better”?
Allan [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 23rd
Les végétariens se sont fait remettre à leur place par la sénatrice libérale Céline Hervieux-Payette. Pour une rare fois, je suis d'accord avec quelqu'un du Parti Libéral du Canada, les végétariens qui ont entarté la ministre fédéral des pêches sont des écoterroristes. Les végétariens n'ont pas aimé se faire dire leur 4 vérité bien sûr, surtout l'appellation de ''mangeure
Pour un monde droite | more | posted February 22nd
Photo: National Post
What better way to juxtapose the divide in the conservative movement in Canada than to compare the old Reform Party populists borne out of grassroots western fiscal conservatism, with the current deficit-addled version sitting in the ruling Conservative Party? The remnants of those radical Reformers, who once spoke out against cronyism, patronage, lobbyists, [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 22nd
Photo: REUTERS
Well, at least the issue is important to some political parties in some countries. For our own country, the Conservatives set a fixed exit date for 2011 when they announced an extension to the mission two years ago.
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende’s coalition government collapsed today when the two largest parties could not [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 20th
Haitian-Canadian evacuees aboard a Canadian Forces CC-117 Globemaster. Photo: Corporal Pierre Thriault, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
A 52-year-old Haitian woman from Montreal, Carmelite Massenat, was arrested after customs agents seized 1.5 kilograms of cocaine at Trudeau International airport on Sunday when the woman arrived on a humanitarian flight. The street value of the cocaine is [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 18th
Photo: Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press
Only a day after announcing that 28,000 standing room tickets for events at Cypress Mountain would be canceled and refunded because the melting mountain poses too great a danger to spectators, VANOC has announced only the original buyers of the tickets will be refunded. Which means that if you got one off [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 18th
Granville Island’s French Quarter. Photo: Denny Gainer, USA TODAY
It began with Conservative Heritage Minister James Moore, who after the Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, complained that they were not bilingual enough.
“We have invested great sums in order to make sure all Canadians feel welcome at the Games here,” he said [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 17th
I generally don't comment on European politics - they're just not my bag. But this story caught my eye:The British National Party voted today to change its constitution to allow black and Asian people to become members.The decision came at an extraordinary general meeting in Essex that was called after a court ordered the far-right party to comply with race relations laws. A court will decide in
The Blog of Walker | more | posted February 17th
The offensive “logo” in question. Photo: REUTERS/Shaun Best
According to Reuters news service, American goaltender Jonathan Quick has to remove the slogan “Support Our Troops” because it’s in contravention of Olympic rules on political propaganda. That’s right folks, the IOC is an equal opportunity non-partisan organization that wouldn’t want to upset the
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 16th
Two days ago on Twitter, Mike Ignatieff was bragging that he met Canadian Olympic men's curler Kevin Martin at a speed skating event. He was nice enough to post a picture of his mingling with Canadian athletes. What's funny is if you look at the picture, it would appear as though Iggy is trying to scurry past the athletes who appear happy to see him. I was under the impression that it was impera
The Iceman | more | posted February 15th
Photo: NYPD Aviation Unit
Ottawa lawyer Amir Attaran recently said that if he were Muslim, he’d be “quite terrified of travelling”. Not because he’s afraid of Islamic fundamentalists blowing the plane sky high, like failed plane bomber Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab. No, it’s because he says that the government is selective with protecting Canadian rights, which means [..
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 11th
Read: Pregnant driver cheats death…
Petite Kelli Chapman, just 4ft 11ins, was waiting at traffic lights when the 30ft steel girder fell from a passing lorry.
It really is a must-see photo. But my favourite part is this statement from her father:
PC Chapman said: ‘Kelli called me and said “Dad, some metal has fallen on my car”
I [...]
mooseandsquirrel.ca | more | posted February 11th
Photo: Flickr
The opposition parties have, since that fateful day in January of 2006 when scary Stephen Harper became the Prime Minister of Canada, tried to impress upon Canadians that the amalgamated elements of Progressive Conservatives, Alliance, and Reform Party members, had a “hidden agenda” that runs contrary to Canada’s socially liberal values.
In fact during the [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 10th
After a month and a half of vilifying the federal Conservative government for proroguing Parliament, the B.C. Liberal government is quietly returning to the legislature after being off since November 26, 2009. The legislature is only reconvening for three-days in order to deliver a throne speech, and self-aggrandize about the upcoming Olympic games before they [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 9th
Faced with increasing criticism after a spate of pictures and videos showing TTC employees not doing their job, operators at the public transit syndicate have decided to fight back:
This is a group where Operators can give suggestions on how to fight back to the recent photo and video harassment from passengers just looking to make [...]
At Home in Hespeler | more | posted February 8th
Saw a great new ad campaign for Diesel called Be Stupidwhen I was in New York last week. Here’s a photo I snapped of just one of the many subway banners, but there were many variants. Check the link above for the whole campaign.
I think it’s aligned well with the Diesel brand. The images [...]
Lanny Cardow | more | posted February 7th
Really, where better to start? Someone really needs to get him on the record answering that question....
small dead animals | more | posted February 2nd
Photo: Jo-Shin
Darrell Mickasko died nearly two years ago to the day, when the homeless man tried to warm himself, but in the process lit his clothing on fire and succumbed to his injuries. The 47-year-old had attempted to use a Coleman stove to keep warm while sleeping in a lane behind the 100 block of [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted February 2nd
Photo: Abid Nawaz
Beginning tomorrow in Vancouver, new rules come into effect if you drive and talk on your cell phone which would see the state seize $167 from your bank account.
“Making B.C. roads safer was an easy call,” Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Kash Heed told the media.
And for those unfortunate people [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted January 31st
Photo: CTV
Do you remember that story that broke in November about government documents being discovered in the house of a government employee by the RCMP? I sure do. The employee involved in the theft of the documents remained on the job for seven months after the police found the documents of 1,400 people on government [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted January 29th
Photo by AFP
Paul Wells, in a moment of premature senile dementia I’m sure, suggests that the NDP’s Jack Layton was “ahead of his time” when he stated as early as 2006 that the solution to the Afghan war is through negotiations with the Taliban. Backing this implausibly ridiculous idea up, Aaron Wherry does what he [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted January 29th
Does it get any more obvious than this? Photo: Greg Kolz
It would be ridiculous to suggest that the prorogation of parliament has been a good move. Although I would be hesitant to go as far as Jim Travers and the rest of the columnist circuit as saying that this has awoken a slumbering electorate. [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted January 28th
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